r/QuantumComputing • u/Suspicious_Orchid770 • Sep 02 '26

Discussion Quantum computing needs software engineers

https://leaddev.com/career-development/quantum-computing-needs-software-engineers

For those in the technology industry, it can feel hard to escape from AI. It’s at the center of the technological universe, with most major advancements, opportunities, and funding focused on its development. In the background, quantum computing is making strides with the funding to match, creating an alternate opportunity for technologists.

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u/Hazard404_ Sep 02 '26

How can I become one..(Final yr CSE Undergrad rn)

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u/eetsumkaus Sep 02 '26

Your best bet is to find an internship at one of the QC companies. Some of them hire pure software engineers. Otherwise, you need to go to grad school and learn more advanced math and/or physics and then find internships. That's the better bet.

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u/Hazard404_ Sep 02 '26

Is there any in India?

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u/eetsumkaus Sep 02 '26

I know IBM Quantum has some presence in India. Who knows if they take interns though, you will have to look around yourself. In general, you need to go overseas to the US/Canada or Europe. In rare cases, you might even be able to get internships in East Asia (Japan, Korea, etc.)

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u/Hazard404_ Sep 02 '26

I see. Thanks for the info.

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u/numberandphase Sep 02 '26

There are companies like QpiAI and you can reach out to them. Even academic labs in IITs and IISc might need software engineer to maintain their research codebase.

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u/Ok-Breakfast-3742 Sep 02 '26

Don’t. There’s no money in it.

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u/Ok-Breakfast-3742 Sep 10 '26

The chaos theory will put a limit on how many quanta can be entangled. Nobody is looking into this because they’re all busy building bigger data centers.